Report prepared at the request of the United States Senate containing the government correspondence regarding the retirement of Constantin Catacazy, Russian minister to the United States from 1869-1871. President Grant and the State Department sought the removal of Catacazy due to his poor conduc...

Under United States law, the president is able to exempt certain vessels from tonnage taxation at ports of entry. German ships were exempted from taxation in 1888 and it was assumed that American ships were receiving the same exemption in German ports of entry. However, due to the structure of th...

Whitelaw Reid addresses the Republican Club about the responsibility of governing island nations such as Cuba and the Philippines. He argues that once the United States takes military action they have a duty to protect the new territories.

After a discussion with Ambassador Porter, Charlemagne Tower believes that Porter will resign as American ambassador to France this summer. He opposes the appointment of a German-American as the ambassador to Germany.

Samuel E. Moffett examines the relationship between the United States and Great Britain. He concludes that the current, ongoing relationship depends upon the present policies of each nation and not on ancient history or sentimentalism. American policy is to be the dominant power in the Western he...

A bill proposed to the House of Representatives by Representative Kahn to prohibit Chinese immigration and to regulate the residence of "Chinese persons and people of Chinese descent" within the United States.

Adolph Hartmann refutes newspaper articles that appeared in the American press stating that Hartmann fought a duel with a German officer. Hartmann did not hear a German officer insult the United States and has never fought a duel.